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Uragawara, Niigata

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Uragawara
浦川原村
Former municipality
Flag of Uragawara
Official seal of Uragawara
Map
CountryJapan
RegionHokuriku
PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
DistrictHigashikubiki District
MergedJanuary 1, 2005
(now part of Jōetsu)
Area
 • Total
50.64 km2 (19.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total
4,095
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
Wards in Jōetsu City.

Uragawara (浦川原村, Uragawara-mura) was a village located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 4,095 and a density of 80.86 persons per km2. The total area was 50.64 km2.

On January 1, 2005, Uragawara, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Maki and Ōshima (all from Higashikubiki District), the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.[1][2]

Transportation

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Railway

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Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line

  • ‹See TfM›Uragawara - ‹See TfM›Mushigawa-Ōsugi

Highway

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Yasuzuka-machi, Uragawara-mura, Oshima-mura, Maki-mura, Kakizaki-machi, Ogata-machi, Kubiki-mura, Yoshikawa-machi, Nakago-mura, Itakura-machi, Kiyosato-mura, Sanwa-mura and Nadachi-machi were incorporated into Joetsu-shi as of January 1, 2005.
  2. ^ "上越市の概要 - 上越市ホームページ". Joetsu City. Retrieved 2024-02-06.